INDEX, 



449 



Marking and numbering sbeep, different 



modes of, 182-186. 

 Harshall, Gen. O. ¥., h!^ mlode of Salting 



sbeep in winter, S47. 

 Haralies, access to not dangerons to sbeep 

 in Nortbern States, 88,— (see Salt 

 Marsbes.) 

 Mancbamp Merinos in France, 104. 

 Meat and Wool, proportion of, between 

 sbeep of different ages and sexes, 

 433 et seq. 

 Medicines, mode of introdncing into tbe 

 stomacb of sheep, 299. 

 explanation of medical terms used, 343, 



344. 

 list of medicines used in diseases of 

 sbeep, 383, 392. 

 Merino, American, introduced into United 

 States, 22. 

 little noticed before 1807, 24. 

 prices of wool from 1807 to 1824, 24. 

 prices of sbeep from 1807 to 181B, 24. 

 circnmstances affecting prices of wool, 



24. 

 establisbed as a variety in United 



States, 27. 

 tbe mixed Leonese or Jarvis family, 



27,28. 

 tbe Infantado or Atwood family, 28. 

 Mr. Hammond, founder of the im. 



proved Infantados, 29, 30. 

 tbe improved Paular or Bicb family. 



other American Merino families, 33. 

 prices of, in winter of 1862-63, 69 note, 

 proper form and size of, 69. 

 the different families should not be 



merged, 69j 70, 

 proper qualities of skin of, 70. 

 proper amount of folds or wrinkles, 70. 

 characteristics to be sought in the 



fleece, 71, 72. 

 spotted and black Merinos, etc., 72 



note, 

 tbe most profitable quality of wool and 



breed of sheep to pi-opagate, 72, 73. 

 evenness of the fleece, 73. 

 trueness and soundness of wool, 74. 

 pliancy and softness of wool, 74. 

 style of wool, 75. 

 length of wool, 7S, 76. 

 endures extremes of weather better 



than any other valuable breed, 86. 

 is a better working sheep than tbe 



English, 87. 

 effect of abundant food on, 88. 

 will not endm*e wet soils, 88, 

 the great capacity of, for herding, 89. 

 average production of wool per head 



in large flocks, 98. 

 annual value of manure of, 99. 

 its manure far more valuable than that 



of tbe horse or cow, 99 note, 

 annual value of lambs, 99. 

 comparative profits of, in different 



parts of tbe United States, 99. 

 full bloods as cheaply raised as grades, 



99. 

 profits of growing on lands worth $50 



per acre, 100. 



Merino, American, breeding in-and-in of 

 the improved Infantados, 120. 



pedigrees of celebrated Improved In- 

 fantados, 121, 122. 



origin of the improved Faulars, 128 

 note, 



effect of crossing American Merinos 

 with coarse breeds — ( see Cross- 

 Breeding.) 



effect of crossing different families of 

 Merinos— (see Cross-Breeding.) 



origin of improved Infantados, 412- 

 416. 



leading early animals of Mr. Ham- 

 mond's flock, 412-416. 



origin of improved Paulars, 416-418. 



leading early animals of tbe family, 

 416-418. 



victorious at World's Fair at Ham- 

 burg, 438. 

 Merino, French, ori^ of, 18, 19. 



stock from which tbe Bambouillet 

 flock sprung, 19. 



weight of fleece given by Lasteyrle, 

 etc., 19, 20. 



general description of, by Trimmer, in 

 1827, 19. 



introduced into the United States by 

 D. C. Collins, 35. 



A. B, Allen, description of them, SS. 



imported by John A. Taintor, 36, 



weight of fleeces of this family, given 

 by J. D. Patterson, 86. 



character of the variety, 36, 37. 



crossed with American Merinos, 129. 

 Merino, Saxon, origin of, 20. 



management o^ in Germany, ISi. 



its characteristics of carcass and fleece, 

 20. 



introduced into United States in 1824, 

 25. 



circumstances affecting its success in 

 United States, 25, 26. 



supercedes the Spanish, and in turn 

 superceded by them, 25. 



cut of Von Thaer's Saxon ram, 26. 

 Merino, Silesian, introduced into the 

 United States, 39. 



description of them by Mr. Chamber- 

 lain, 39-42. 



ont of a gronp of Mr. Chamberlain's 

 ewes, 4S.. 



have been closely bred in-and-in, 120. 



effect of the original cross from Which 

 . the family was establisbed, 128, 129. 

 Merino, Spanish, origin of, 13, 125 note. 



provincial varieties of, in Spain, 13. 



cabanas, or families of, in Spain, 13, 14. 



migrations of, in Spain, 13. 



general treatment of, in Spain, and 

 .effficts, 13, 14. 



its wool, character and color, 15, 16. 



its wool, compared with that of Ameri- 

 can Merino, 15. 



fineness and felting properties of its 

 wool, 16. 



cut iUnstrating appearance of wool, 16. 



best families of, lost to Spain, 16, 17. 



tbe character of the present flocks of 

 Spain, 17, 18. 



